First management shoots you down on a technical point by a foot-stomping shove of fiat, and then turns around later when they get bit in the butt by the users and blames you for obeying them.
The switch in question I speak of either capped the CPU speed or disabled part of the memory, but I'm not sure which. But it definitely counted as crippleware.
I don't usually respond to trolls, but the accountant in me is screaming to right your wrongs.
Haven't you ever heard of amortization? Depreciation?
Just because you have to buy a whole new jar of mayo/pound of bacon doesn't mean you get to assess it all against your sandwich.
If a whole jar of mayo is two cups, but you're only using a tablespoon of mayo, then you can only charge 1/32 of the mayo's cost against the sandwich, because you can still use the 31 other Tbsp to make other sandwiches. Ditto for however little bacon you actually use.
And btw, if you literally use a whole pound of bacon in a single sandwich, well, get ready for extraordinary losses, because that's exactly what's coming out of your pocket when that hospital-stay-inducing heart attack comes along.
Remember, you need to use the accrual basis when you're accounting for assets that last beyond current period.
Kids these days clamor for freedom so much these days they forget the fact that they have parents that are responsible for them.
Children need to learn that until they are 18, mom and dad are boss. Period! No backtalk, no mouthing off, no disobeying, no anything unless the parents say so. And that's that!
It would definitely cut down on a lot of problems, such as juvenile delinquency, gangs, bullying, and so on.
Why kids these days think it's a God given right to do as they please before legal adulthood is beyond me.
Unfortunately no amount of merit is going to save you if your PHB has a chip on his shoulder, thinks you are incurably rude, or otherwise has a motivation to get rid of you. He will do everything he can to find an excuse to be rid of you if he wants to.
Being a nerd is unfortunately no excuse to duck out on social graces or office politics.
As long as Google makes a good faith effort to ascertain the owners of any copyright interest in its works, I have no problem with it opening the barn door to readers.
Martial law may mean fewer rights, but it's a damned sight more reasonable than the constant bullshit stream of hypocritical uncertainty we have these days.
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Indeed.
Why don't they just man each flight with an armed guard or two?
Interesting.
First management shoots you down on a technical point by a foot-stomping shove of fiat, and then turns around later when they get bit in the butt by the users and blames you for obeying them.
The switch in question I speak of either capped the CPU speed or disabled part of the memory, but I'm not sure which. But it definitely counted as crippleware.
I don't usually respond to trolls, but the accountant in me is screaming to right your wrongs.
Haven't you ever heard of amortization? Depreciation?
Just because you have to buy a whole new jar of mayo/pound of bacon doesn't mean you get to assess it all against your sandwich.
If a whole jar of mayo is two cups, but you're only using a tablespoon of mayo, then you can only charge 1/32 of the mayo's cost against the sandwich, because you can still use the 31 other Tbsp to make other sandwiches. Ditto for however little bacon you actually use.
And btw, if you literally use a whole pound of bacon in a single sandwich, well, get ready for extraordinary losses, because that's exactly what's coming out of your pocket when that hospital-stay-inducing heart attack comes along.
Remember, you need to use the accrual basis when you're accounting for assets that last beyond current period.
Crippleware is a common method of rent seeking, and copyrights, patents, and plain old obfuscation may obstruct genuine improvements.
Case in point: Old mainframes deliberately given a "cripple-me" switch that only an expensive vendor provided technician is authorized to switch off.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monopoly_(game)#Rules
Sorry but you are not correct.
In fact, landing in jail towards the end is a relatively cheap way to avoid having to pay rent.
At least Linus is man enough to come out and say it. It's honest.
Good luck getting microsoft to fess up to even half of the back-doors, bugs, problems, bloats, etc.
Then they should put in a button/switch that allows you to control the autopause behavior, yes?
I wonder if China's rare earth metal land grab will affect that.
Who the hell modded this flamebait and why?
I would consider squashing net discriminators as promoting the general welfare.
I would not mind if ISPs used the DoD prescribed Traffic Class/TOS/Priority mechanism as it was originally designed.
I also would not mind if TV/voice packets got the higher priorities.
In fact, I'd rather it be done that way.
And I suppose that if a defense contractor leaked classified information then it's ok because you are a private company.
Point: Being a subcontractor doesn't let you off the hook when you're handling confidential information belonging to someone else.
And neither should you have.
Kids these days clamor for freedom so much these days they forget the fact that they have parents that are responsible for them.
Children need to learn that until they are 18, mom and dad are boss. Period! No backtalk, no mouthing off, no disobeying, no anything unless the parents say so. And that's that!
It would definitely cut down on a lot of problems, such as juvenile delinquency, gangs, bullying, and so on.
Why kids these days think it's a God given right to do as they please before legal adulthood is beyond me.
Unfortunately no amount of merit is going to save you if your PHB has a chip on his shoulder, thinks you are incurably rude, or otherwise has a motivation to get rid of you. He will do everything he can to find an excuse to be rid of you if he wants to.
Being a nerd is unfortunately no excuse to duck out on social graces or office politics.
Not to mention all the RIAA cronies...
Unfortunately you are not correct in this case because it was a class action suit.
As long as Google makes a good faith effort to ascertain the owners of any copyright interest in its works, I have no problem with it opening the barn door to readers.
Didn't you learn from the Kindle incident?
Since when do congresscritters ever listen to Joe Schmoe more than corporate fatcat lobbyists?
Because then the poor will be left out while the rich folks mop up all the goodies.
And let's not forget that due process goes out the window in traffic court.
I dunno, TPB is getting to be a bit of a journalistic eyesore IMHO
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I agree.
Martial law may mean fewer rights, but it's a damned sight more reasonable than the constant bullshit stream of hypocritical uncertainty we have these days.